feat(local-model): judge the fit on the measured peak and rank a tested Mac first

The catalogue rows carry the figures measured on a Mac (the MLX build of
qwen3.6:35b-a3b is 23,105,798,956 bytes, about 37 KB held per context token,
about 3 GB of runner overhead, about 5 GB more for a moment while a long
prompt is processed). A model's need is now its peak. Rows that were not
measured use the same per-token and overhead figures and say `estimated`.

qwen3.6:35b-a3b gets the tested entry for an Apple M5 Pro with 48 GB and
OpenCode, with its measured 67.7 tokens per second, so that row may say
"Tested on a Mac like this".

The ranking changes with it: a pair tested on a Mac like this one comes
first, then speed (ok, unknown, slow), then model rank, harness rank and the
larger context. The fit grade decides whether a row is listed and what it
says, it no longer sorts, so a model is offered at the largest context it
fits at. recommend() takes the budget the runtime measured
(`budgetSource: measured`), and modelFitsBudget() judges one model against it.

Candidate rows now always carry `needSource`, `harnesses`, `installBytes`,
`installGb` and, where one applies, `tag`. `kvBytesPerToken` and the prompt
cache tiers are gone.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
* knows, as a compiled constant validated by a Zod schema.
*
* Rules:
* - There is NO override file and no runtime download data in this stage: nothing here reads
* the data dir, and a data file can never decide what gets recommended.
* - There is NO override file and no runtime download data here: nothing in this file reads
* the data dir, and a data file can never decide what gets recommended. Which runtime build
* is downloaded is a compiled constant of its own (src/local-model/runtime.ts).
* - A model id is `name:tag` in lowercase with no slash (`LOCAL_MODEL_ID_PATTERN`), so it can
* only ever name a model of the default registry and namespace.
* - A harness is a ROW (`{ cli, minContext, rank, gated?, slowFirstTurn? }`). The `cli` is a CLI
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
* src/local-model/harness-facts.ts, never here.
* - The schema checks more than fields. Across rows it requires: unique model ids and ranks,
* unique harness `cli`s and ranks, `contexts` largest first, a `tested` entry naming a harness
* row, `chips` most specific first, and `promptCacheTiers` ascending from 0.
* row, and `chips` most specific first.
* - `getLocalModelCatalog()` parses the constant once, on first use and never at import, and
* throws on a bad row. test/local-model-catalog.test.ts pins that the stock constant parses,
* so a bad row fails the gate and never reaches the route.
@@ -22,26 +23,44 @@
*
* | Figure | Source | Checked |
* |----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
* | `id`, `bytes` | registry manifest of the tag, sum of its layer sizes | yes, to the byte, by the facts review |
* | `id` | the registry's tag | yes, by the facts review |
* | `bytes` | `qwen3.6:35b-a3b`: the total of a real pull on a Mac | that row: measured. It is an MLX |
* | | (23,105,798,956). Every other row: the sum of the layer | build on a Mac, 2% above its |
* | | sizes of the tag's registry manifest | manifest. The others: not on a Mac |
* | `heldBytesPerToken`, | measured for `qwen3.6:35b-a3b` on an Apple M5 Pro with | that row: measured. The others carry |
* | `overheadBytes`, | 48 GB: 36,000 to 38,000 bytes held per token of context, | the SAME three figures, not their |
* | `peakExtraBytes` | 2.5 to 3 GB beside the weights, and about 5 GB more for a | own: nobody ran them. `figures` says |
* | | moment while a long prompt is processed | which row is which |
* | `license` | the model card (all Apache-2.0) | read by the research, not re-checked |
* | `paramsB` | 27.8 from the model card; the others are the count in the | no. Only the 12 billion line reads |
* | | model's name | it, and no row is near that line |
* | `kvBytesPerToken` | COMPUTED from each model's config: 2 x full-attention | no. Not measured in a running |
* | | layers x KV heads x head size x 2 bytes | runtime. The review called the |
* | | | gpt-oss figure plausible, no more |
* | `contexts`, `rank` | a judgement of the design | no |
* | `speedPer100Gbps` | one published run on an M1 Max (400 GB/s): generation | the run was read. It stands for less |
* | | only, short prompt. The two q8_0 rows are SCALED by file | than a session: no long prompt, no |
* | | size, not measured | thinking tokens |
* | `tested` | our own run of the model with a harness on a real Mac | one entry, with its measured speed |
* | `minMacosMajor` | the runtime's documentation (macOS 14) | yes, by the facts review |
* | `promptCacheTiers` | a decision of the design, not a measurement | no |
* | harness `minContext` | 65536: the runtime's documentation for both harnesses. | 65536 yes. 32768 no, which is why |
* | | 32768: recalled | that row is gated |
* | `chips` | the bandwidth column of | yes, read at the source for this |
* | | https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/4167 | file |
*
* `tested` is empty on every row: nobody has run any of these models with a harness on a Mac
* yet. Until a row has an entry, the recommendation never says "Recommended".
* The memory figures decide a lot and rest on ONE measured model, so for every other row they
* can be wrong in either direction:
* - For the 9B rows they may be too HIGH (the 5 GB for a moment was seen with a prompt of
* 89,000 tokens on the 35B model). That errs on the careful side: a small Mac is told
* "none" before it is told to download something that may not fit.
* - For the two dense `qwen3.8:27b` rows the per-token figure may be too LOW: computed from
* its config alone that model holds 64 KiB per token, more than the 37,000 bytes measured
* on the 35B (whose own computed figure was 20 KiB). Their need at a large context is
* therefore the least certain figure of the catalogue.
* A row gets its own figures when somebody measures it. Until then the check after the
* download (the runtime must report the whole model on the GPU) is what catches a row that
* was judged too kindly.
*
* `tested` has one entry: `qwen3.6:35b-a3b` with OpenCode on an Apple M5 Pro with 48 GB,
* 2026-11-06, 67.7 tokens per second. Only a Mac of exactly that chip and memory size is told
* "Recommended" and shown that speed in place of the estimate.
*/
import { z } from 'zod';
@@ -85,6 +104,7 @@ const TestedOnSchema = z
memGb: positiveInt,
cli: z.string().min(1).max(24),
date: isoDate,
tokensPerSecond: z.number().positive().optional(),
})
.strict();
@@ -95,7 +115,10 @@ const LocalModelEntrySchema = z
license: z.string().min(1).max(40),
paramsB: z.number().positive(),
bytes: positiveInt,
kvBytesPerToken: positiveInt,
heldBytesPerToken: positiveInt,
overheadBytes: z.number().int().nonnegative(),
peakExtraBytes: z.number().int().nonnegative(),
figures: z.enum(['measured', 'estimated']),
contexts: z.array(positiveInt).min(1),
rank: z.number().int(),
speedPer100Gbps: z.number().positive().optional(),
@@ -120,13 +143,6 @@ const ChipEntrySchema = z
})
.strict();
const PromptCacheTierSchema = z
.object({
minMemGb: z.number().int().nonnegative(),
bytes: z.number().int().nonnegative(),
})
.strict();
/** The index of the first value that already occurred earlier in the list, or -1. */
function firstRepeat<T>(values: readonly T[]): number {
const seen = new Set<T>();
@@ -146,7 +162,6 @@ export const LocalModelCatalogSchema: z.ZodType<LocalModelCatalog> = z
schema: z.literal(1),
updated: isoDate,
minMacosMajor: positiveInt,
promptCacheTiers: z.array(PromptCacheTierSchema).min(1),
models: z.array(LocalModelEntrySchema),
harnesses: z.array(LocalHarnessEntrySchema),
chips: z.array(ChipEntrySchema),
@@ -199,23 +214,21 @@ export const LocalModelCatalogSchema: z.ZodType<LocalModelCatalog> = z
break;
}
}
// The tiers are read as "the last one whose minimum is not above this Mac's memory", so they
// must start at 0 (every Mac has a tier) and ascend.
if (catalog.promptCacheTiers[0].minMemGb !== 0) {
issue(['promptCacheTiers', 0, 'minMemGb'], 'the first prompt cache tier must start at 0');
}
for (let i = 1; i < catalog.promptCacheTiers.length; i++) {
if (catalog.promptCacheTiers[i].minMemGb <= catalog.promptCacheTiers[i - 1].minMemGb) {
issue(['promptCacheTiers', i, 'minMemGb'], 'prompt cache tiers must ascend by minMemGb');
break;
}
}
});
const KIB = 1024;
const MIB = 1024 ** 2;
const GIB = 1024 ** 3;
/**
* The memory figures measured for `qwen3.6:35b-a3b` on an Apple M5 Pro with 48 GB (2026-11-06,
* the MLX runner), in decimal bytes. That row carries them as `measured`; every other row
* carries the same three as `estimated`, see the file header.
*/
const MEASURED_MEMORY = {
/** 36,000 to 38,000 bytes stayed held per token of context after a prompt of 89,000 and one of 167,000 tokens. */
heldBytesPerToken: 37_000,
/** The runner held 2.5 to 3 GB beside the weights. */
overheadBytes: 3_000_000_000,
/** While a long prompt was processed the peak stood about 5 GB above what stayed held. */
peakExtraBytes: 5_000_000_000,
} as const;
/**
* The catalogue that ships with Codeman. Never read directly outside this file and its test:
@@ -226,12 +239,6 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
updated: '2026-11-06',
// The oldest macOS the model runtime supports.
minMacosMajor: 14,
// Host memory the runtime's prompt cache may take beside the model: 512 MiB on a Mac below
// 32 GB, 2 GiB from 32 GB. Part of the need of every candidate.
promptCacheTiers: [
{ minMemGb: 0, bytes: 512 * MIB },
{ minMemGb: 32, bytes: 2 * GIB },
],
// Ordered by rank. The higher rank wins among models that fit equally well and are equally
// fast. `flint:40b` is left out on purpose: its plain tag is the slow build on a Mac and it
// has an open bug with tool arguments.
@@ -242,7 +249,8 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
license: 'Apache-2.0',
paramsB: 9,
bytes: 6_550_825_373,
kvBytesPerToken: 32 * KIB,
...MEASURED_MEMORY,
figures: 'estimated',
contexts: [65536, 32768],
rank: 1,
// 37.1 tokens per second measured on 400 GB/s.
@@ -255,7 +263,8 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
license: 'Apache-2.0',
paramsB: 9,
bytes: 10_449_217_949,
kvBytesPerToken: 32 * KIB,
...MEASURED_MEMORY,
figures: 'estimated',
contexts: [65536, 32768],
rank: 2,
// Not measured: the 9.3 of the row above scaled by file size.
@@ -268,7 +277,8 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
license: 'Apache-2.0',
paramsB: 20,
bytes: 13_793_441_427,
kvBytesPerToken: 24 * KIB,
...MEASURED_MEMORY,
figures: 'estimated',
contexts: [131072, 65536],
rank: 3,
// No speed figure: its speed is unknown on every chip.
@@ -279,13 +289,18 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
label: 'Qwen3.6 35B-A3B',
license: 'Apache-2.0',
paramsB: 35,
bytes: 22_621_314_161,
kvBytesPerToken: 20 * KIB,
// What a Mac really downloads: an MLX build, 2% above the 22,621,314,161 of the manifest.
bytes: 23_105_798_956,
...MEASURED_MEMORY,
figures: 'measured',
contexts: [131072, 65536],
rank: 4,
// 54.5 tokens per second measured on 400 GB/s (3 billion parameters are active per token).
// The MLX build ran faster than this figure predicts on the one Mac we tested (67.7
// against 41.8), so on other chips the estimate is on the low side.
speedPer100Gbps: 13.6,
tested: [],
// Run by us with OpenCode on the MacBook Pro (Mac17,13): a four-step task with tool calls.
tested: [{ chip: 'Apple M5 Pro', memGb: 48, cli: 'opencode', date: '2026-11-06', tokensPerSecond: 67.7 }],
},
{
id: 'qwen3.8:27b',
@@ -293,7 +308,8 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
license: 'Apache-2.0',
paramsB: 27.8,
bytes: 17_741_871_939,
kvBytesPerToken: 64 * KIB,
...MEASURED_MEMORY,
figures: 'estimated',
contexts: [131072, 65536, 32768],
rank: 5,
// 11.8 tokens per second measured on 400 GB/s.
@@ -306,7 +322,8 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
license: 'Apache-2.0',
paramsB: 27.8,
bytes: 29_978_241_837,
kvBytesPerToken: 64 * KIB,
...MEASURED_MEMORY,
figures: 'estimated',
contexts: [262144, 131072],
rank: 6,
// Not measured: the 2.95 of the row above scaled by file size.
@@ -319,7 +336,8 @@ export const STOCK_LOCAL_MODEL_CATALOG: LocalModelCatalog = {
license: 'Apache-2.0',
paramsB: 122,
bytes: 81_370_035_877,
kvBytesPerToken: 24 * KIB,
...MEASURED_MEMORY,
figures: 'estimated',
contexts: [131072],
rank: 7,
// No speed figure: its speed is unknown on every chip.